thefrenchowl wrote:Since spokes are webbed in a symmetrical manner, it's more than odd that only one of them of the same length would be showing more at the nipple. Suggests the whole rim is not aligned proper to the hub...
FC...It is the same all the way around the rim, every 4th spoke is too long. Every spoke is the one laced on the larger (sprocket side) of the hub which are laced "over the top" (fed from middle/nub on the inside). Thus my confusion.
I go back to my original question, the 53 Harley parts manual shows the spokes as 7.5" and 8.5" and seeing how this problem spoke is approximately 1/2" too long...it makes me believe the Buchanan specs showing an 8" spoke must be wrong.
I am open to other suggestions, but I do not have any at this point...